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* Attended Wikimania Hackathon and worked on improving Welsh labels in Wikidata. | *Attended Wikimania Hackathon and worked on improving Welsh labels in Wikidata. | ||
* Agreed funding for Simon Cobb to develop Welsh Literature data as part of WikiLlen prosiect. | *Agreed funding for Simon Cobb to develop Welsh Literature data as part of WikiLlen prosiect. | ||
* Presentation of Wikidata for bibliographic data at Wikimania 2019. | *Presentation of Wikidata for bibliographic data at Wikimania 2019. | ||
* Presentation on the use of Wikidata at NLW for ‘Wikidata in Libraries’ meeting in Stockholm. | *Presentation on the use of Wikidata at NLW for ‘Wikidata in Libraries’ meeting in Stockholm. | ||
* Jason released an [[:en:User:Jason.nlw/National_Wikimedian/2018_-_19_Annual_Report|Annual Report]] for his residency. | *Jason released an [[:en:User:Jason.nlw/National_Wikimedian/2018_-_19_Annual_Report|Annual Report]] for his residency. | ||
*7531 Wikidata edits to improve data for artworks from WIR-NLW. | |||
* WiciLlen project approved with a grant from the Welsh Government - starts in September. | |||
* Work continues with Histropedia on a timeline for Dictionary of Welsh Biography. | |||
* Submitted a grant application to the Welsh Government outlining a plan for an Education Pilot Project in Wales, aimed at improving resources for school children on Welsh Wikipedia. | |||
* Another [https://twitter.com/WIKI_NLW/status/1177133179515363328 batch of images] from digitised Peniarth Manuscripts uploaded to Commons. | |||
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Revision as of 09:34, 26 September 2019
Welcome to the Autumn newsletter!
Time to put the jumpers on and find a cosy spot to read about all the hard work the team have been doing since the end of Summer!
Wiki Loves Monuments 2019
Here's some placeholder text for the announcements about WLM 2019.
Wikimedia UK partners with the Khalili Collections
Wikimedia UK has begun a partnership with the world's biggest private collection of Islamic art.
Gender Gap video published
Wikimedia UK has been producing a video about the work of our community over the past few years to reduce the gender gap on Wikipedia...
Scotland
Update from our staff about their work in Scotland.
University of Edinburgh residency
University of Edinburgh Wikimedian in Residence Ewan McAndrew continues to be recognised for his work at the university, with The Scotsman reporting on the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft data project, whose intern Emma has produced a fantastic map allowing people to explore the data.
Wales
Jason:
- Attended Wikimania Hackathon and worked on improving Welsh labels in Wikidata.
- Agreed funding for Simon Cobb to develop Welsh Literature data as part of WikiLlen prosiect.
- Presentation of Wikidata for bibliographic data at Wikimania 2019.
- Presentation on the use of Wikidata at NLW for ‘Wikidata in Libraries’ meeting in Stockholm.
- Jason released an Annual Report for his residency.
- 7531 Wikidata edits to improve data for artworks from WIR-NLW.
- WiciLlen project approved with a grant from the Welsh Government - starts in September.
- Work continues with Histropedia on a timeline for Dictionary of Welsh Biography.
- Submitted a grant application to the Welsh Government outlining a plan for an Education Pilot Project in Wales, aimed at improving resources for school children on Welsh Wikipedia.
- Another batch of images from digitised Peniarth Manuscripts uploaded to Commons.
Residencies at Universities
Andy Mabbett at the Coventry University Disruptive Media Learning Lab...
Martin Poulter at the Bodleian Libraries....
Other Stuff
Any other project news